MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY INTO A HOLIDAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2004. THE LIKELIHOOD OF MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST TARGETS IN SYRIA APPEARS TO BE GROWING BY THE HOUR. AND THAT REQUEST BY THE UNITED NATIONS TO DELAY ACTION, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS MEETING WITH TOP MILITARY ADVISERS TO WEIGH ALL OPTIONS ARE AND WELL AS AGILE ENVOY TO THE U.N. CONFIRMS IT IS CLEAR CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN USED, ONE LOCAL MAN IS HOPEFUL STRIKES CAN BE AVOIDED, FOR FEAR THAT HIS COUNTRY CAN BECOME ANOTHER IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN. THE IMAGES OUT OF CEREAL ARE TERRIFYING. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALLEGEDLY DYING AT THE HANDS OF ITS OWN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS. HE WANTS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IN HIS COUNTRY IS NOT A CIVIL WAR OR REVOLUTION IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. IT IS NO LONGER OF GOVERNMENT AND REGIME ISSUE. IT IS ONLY RELIGIOUS. IT IS ONLY A RELIGIOUS CONFLICT. ALTHOUGH HE HAS LIVED IN CONCORDE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, HE WAS WORN IN SYRIA. HE EVEN SERVED IN THE SYRIAN ARMY BECAUSE HE WAS REQUIRED TO. BUT HE SAYS THOSE HE SERVED ALONGSIDE HER NOT THE ENEMY. THEY ARE NOT ONE TYPE OF PEOPLE. THERE ARE GOOD OLD -- GOOD PEOPLE. THEY ARE AFRAID FOR THEIR FAMILY. EVEN WITH THE ALLEGED ATROCITIES, ON THAT -- AHMED STRUGGLES WITH THE IDEA OF THIS COUNTRY BEING TORN APART BY OUTSIDE FORCES. IF ONLY PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT, OR WHAT THEY CALL REGIME, DOES NOT COME FROM A DIFFERENT PLANET. THAT IS WHY HE IS OPPOSED TO MILITARY INTERVENTION. HE HOPES THAT CONTINUED DIPLOMACY WILL SOMEHOW AVOID ACTION THAT NOW ALMOST SEEMS INEVITABLE. I HOPE THERE IS A DIFFERENT WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. AND THERE IS, I THINK.